July’s Spotted Box

We are excited to join other handmade crafter’s for this month’s the Spotted Box. Samples are eco-friendly and family-oriented. They are available on the 15th of every month on Hyena Cart and Etsy.

Here are the sample’s we are contributing. There are 2 two varieties of mini-skeins. “Topography” on Licorice Twist and “Sapsarilla” on BFL.

There is also a new item we are offering, mini-puffs and small-puffs. The mini’s are great for applying facial toner, ointment, or anythings else that disposable cotton balls would be used for. Instead of throwing them away, simply machine wash, dry and then re-use. The small’s are larger than the mini’s and good to use when a larger area needs to covered.

Here they are all packaged and ready to go!

The Tooth Pillow

This little tooth was sewn up out of hand dyed velour and stuffed with a fiber-fill. When the little one lost his first tooth, the tooth was placed in a cup beside his bed rather than under his pillow. There was a fear that the tooth fairy not being able to find the tooth if it was hidden under the pillow. Now, the little one is confident that the tooth fairy will be able to find the next tooth he loses and use it to build her castle. He is hoping that he gets a glimpse of her

There’s a small pocket on the back of the pillow to hold onto the tooth until the fairy is able to come and take it away.

Fish in a Bag Prototype

I’ve been playing with some appliques of a fish in a bag.  The bag portion I like, but figuring out how to make the goldfish look good with fancy fins in a small space, is proving to be very difficult.

First, I cut out a fish that resembles “Spooky” from the HR Lightening Bugs fabric.  Since I am already a fan of animals named Spooky, that was the fishy to go with.  With a 1″X1″ piece of orange fabric getting the fin detail of Spooky is hard.  Here’s the cutout:

So, I cutout another goldfish to try in another bag.  Overall, I am not satisfied with the fins.  The tail fins should have a bit of a space between them and the lower fins should be a bit bigger.  However, I do like the snap for an eye.  They look as if they are bulging, much like the telescope goldfish.

Tweaked the design of the fish and arrived to the final.  Here it is…

The orange is just as vibrant as the first 2 photo’s, but it’s was cloudy the moment I shot it.

August Stocking

Here’s some more bamboo/oc velour fabric that was hand-dyed using the LWI method.

It has colors of magenta, sapphire blue, and kelly green.  I like where the colors combined to form a deep wine color.  The fabric was then cut up to make some fitted diapers for the end of the month stocking at Tiny Lady Cooperative.

The medium:

The large:

Market Bag

So far, I have mostly been knitting longies and shorties.  In order to move beyond this plateau, I have started on a market bag.  It’s fairly easy and quick.  I am using the Elisa Nest Tote pattern from The Purl Bee site.

CK’s Bamboo Diaper

The natural bamboo/organic cotton velour fabric started out with a natural color.  It was hand dyed and then used to make a large fitted.

The hidden layer is bamboo/organic cotton French terry and the innermost layer is bamboo/oc velour. The external snap-in soaker is constructed of 1 layer bamboo/oc French terry, 1 layer bamboo/oc fleece, and is topped off with a layer of bamboo/oc velour. The night time soaker is made of 2 layers oc fleece.

Inspired

New things to come.